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1. A measurement method, comprising: determining an idle component carrier; determining a received signal strength indicator measurement timing configuration (RMTC) measurement periodicity and a discovery signals measurement timing configuration (DMTC) measurement periodicity of a first inter-frequency frequency for licensed assisted access (LAA); when the RMTC measurement periodicity and the DMTC measurement periodicity of the first inter-frequency frequency share a same time point, separately performing RMTC measurement on the first inter-frequency frequency by using the idle component carrier to obtain a first measurement result, and performing DMTC measurement on the first inter-frequency frequency to obtain a second measurement result; and sending the first measurement result and the second measurement result to a network device, wherein the first measurement result and the second measurement result are used to indicate the network device to schedule a resource, wherein: the first measurement result comprises received signal strength indication information of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol in the RMTC measurement periodicity of the first inter-frequency frequency, wherein the received signal strength indication information of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol is used to indicate, to the network device, whether the first inter-frequency frequency is occupied; and the second measurement result comprises channel information, and the channel information is used to indicate the network device to determine scheduling data and a serving cell.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first inter-frequency frequency carries a specific identifier, and before a step of determining the idle component carrier, the method further comprises: when radio resource control (RRC) configures inter-frequency DMTC measurement, if the configured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first RMTC measurement list, adding the specific identifier to the first inter-frequency frequency in the first RMTC measurement list; and when the RRC configures inter-frequency RMTC measurement, if the configured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first DMTC measurement list, adding the specific identifier to the first inter-frequency frequency in the first DMTC measurement list.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first inter-frequency frequency carries a specific identifier, and after a step of sending the first measurement result and the second measurement result to the network device, the method further comprises: when radio resource control (RRC) deconfigures the inter-frequency DMTC measurement, if the deconfigured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first RMTC measurement list, clearing the specific identifier from the first RMTC measurement list; and when the RRC deconfigures the inter-frequency RMTC measurement, if the deconfigured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first DMTC measurement list, clearing the specific identifier from the first DMTC measurement list.
4. The measurement method according to claim 1 , comprising: performing received signal strength indicator measurement timing configuration (RMTC) measurement on a second inter-frequency frequency to obtain a third measurement result, when a start time of a RMTC measurement periodicity of the second inter-frequency frequency for licensed assisted access (LAA) falls within a gap; performing discovery signals measurement timing configuration (DMTC) measurement on the second inter-frequency frequency to obtain a fourth measurement result, when a start time of a DMTC measurement periodicity of the second inter-frequency frequency for the LAA falls within the gap; and sending the third measurement result and the fourth measurement result to a network device, wherein the third measurement result and the fourth measurement result are used to indicate the network device to schedule a resource.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the third measurement result comprises received signal strength indication information of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol in the RMTC measurement periodicity of the second inter-frequency frequency, wherein the received signal strength indication information of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol is used to indicate, to the network device, whether the second inter-frequency frequency is occupied; and the fourth measurement result comprises channel information, and the channel information is used to indicate the network device to determine scheduling data and a serving cell.
6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second inter-frequency frequency carries a specific identifier, and before a step of performing RMTC measurement on the second inter-frequency frequency, when the start time of the RMTC measurement periodicity of the second inter-frequency frequency for LAA falls within the gap, the method further comprises: when radio resource control (RRC) configures inter-frequency DMTC measurement, if the configured second inter-frequency frequency is in a second RMTC measurement list, adding the specific identifier to the second inter-frequency frequency in the second RMTC measurement list; and when the RRC configures inter-frequency RMTC measurement, if the configured second inter-frequency frequency is in a second DMTC measurement list, adding the specific identifier to the second inter-frequency frequency in the second DMTC measurement list.
7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second inter-frequency frequency carries a specific identifier, and after a step of sending the third measurement result and the fourth measurement result to the network device, the method further comprises: when radio resource control (RRC) deconfigures the inter-frequency DMTC measurement, if the deconfigured second inter-frequency frequency is in a second RMTC measurement list, clearing the specific identifier from the second RMTC measurement list; and when the RRC deconfigures the inter-frequency RMTC measurement, if the deconfigured second inter-frequency frequency is in the second DMTC measurement list, clearing the specific identifier from the second DMTC measurement list.
8. A measurement apparatus, comprising: a memory, configured to store a program; and a processor, configured to execute the program stored in the memory, wherein when the program is executed, the processor is configured to perform steps comprising: determining an idle component carrier; determining a received signal strength indicator measurement timing configuration (RMTC) measurement periodicity and a discovery signals measurement timing configuration (DMTC) measurement periodicity of a first inter-frequency frequency for licensed assisted access (LAA); when the RMTC measurement periodicity and the DMTC measurement periodicity of the first inter-frequency frequency share a same time point, separately performing RMTC measurement on the first inter-frequency frequency by using the idle component carrier to obtain a first measurement result, and performing DMTC measurement on the first inter-frequency frequency to obtain a second measurement result; and sending the first measurement result and the second measurement result to a network device, wherein the first measurement result and the second measurement result are used to indicate the network device to schedule a resource, wherein: the first measurement result comprises received signal strength indication information of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol in the RMTC measurement periodicity of the first inter-frequency frequency, wherein the received signal strength indication information of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol is used to indicate, to the network device, whether the first inter-frequency frequency is occupied; and the second measurement result comprises channel information, and the channel information is used to indicate the network device to determine scheduling data and a serving cell.
9. The measurement apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first inter-frequency frequency carries a specific identifier, and the steps further comprise: when radio resource control (RRC) configures inter-frequency DMTC measurement, if the configured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first RMTC measurement list, adding the specific identifier to the first inter-frequency frequency in the first RMTC measurement list; and when the RRC configures inter-frequency RMTC measurement, if the configured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first DMTC measurement list, adding the specific identifier to the first inter-frequency frequency in the first DMTC measurement list.
10. The measurement apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first inter-frequency frequency carries a specific identifier, and after a step of sending the first measurement result and the second measurement result to the network device, the steps further comprise: when radio resource control (RRC) deconfigures inter-frequency DMTC measurement, if the deconfigured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first RMTC measurement list, clearing the specific identifier from the first RMTC measurement list; and when the RRC deconfigures inter-frequency RMTC measurement, if the deconfigured first inter-frequency frequency is in a first DMTC measurement list, clearing the specific identifier from the first DMTC measurement list.
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April 5, 2022
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